Tobacco-pipe.



50i f screws or pins F a fiat bottom 5.

into the closed position the strap 9 will bind mosnccofrrrn.

To al?, whom. it may concer/1L Be it known that l, JOHN DoNNnLLLfa. citizen .of the United States, residing at lranford, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Tobacco-Pipes; and l do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in Figure l a side view of a tobacco pipe constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a top orl plan view of the bowl portion of a pipe showing my improved cover applied thereto, and in broken lines indicating the open position. Fig. 3 a perspective view of the cover detached. Fig. 4 a side view of a modified form of cover applied to the pipe. Fig. 5 a perspective view thereof.

This invention relates to an improvement in tobacco pipes, and particularly to covers therefor, the object of the inventionl being to provide a cover'which will firmly remain in place in either its open or closed position' which may be vreadily opened by a lingerof the hand holdin the pipe so that the pipe may be open for filling and tamping with one hand in case the other hand is engaged. j y

ln carr ing out' my invention l employ a pipe 2 o substantially usual construction having the usual bowl 3 which, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, has a at top i and The cover as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings comprises a head corresponding in dimensions to the ,top of the bowl of the pipe and provided with perforations 7 more or less in number. The cover .also comprises a base 8 which -in the form of the-pipe shown in Figi, will be of disk shape corresponding in olimensions to the bottom of the pipe, and the head 6 and bottoniv 8 are connected by a strap 9 preferably formed integral with them. The head and bottom are respectively pivotally connected with the bowl b l0 and lvl. These are pre erably arranged in line with each other and slightly to one side of the longitudinal een-v so that the cover can only direction. As it is turn@ ter of the bowl, be turned in one p n y Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June S, 1914. Serial No. 843,712.

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against' the front wall of the bowll and owing to the point of pivotal connectionl this strap will not pass beyond the center I of the bowl, and by crowding against the wall of the bowl forms a lock to hold the cover in place. .This strap, moreover, forms a finger-piece by which the cover ma be' swung into or out of place b one 'o fingers, of the hand holding t e bowl, and as this strap extends toward the bottom of the bowlthe cover may be moved from a point below the upper end of the bowl or the A of the' top part of the cover which naturally 1 is hot when in-usc. lt is evident without to the bowl ina central longitudinal line,

but preferably for the reason above set forth,-

point will be slightly to one side the pivotal of that.

ln case the pipe is not provided with 'a fiat l l n illustratlon, that the cover might bev-secured y' bottom as shown in "Fig, 1 of the drawings but is rounded as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the base 8 instead of being a disk, will simply be in the form of an arm 12 extending inward from the lower end of vthe strap 9; or in other words the strap 9- will be extended in a curved line correspondl ing to the curvature of the bowl of the pipe so that its end may be brought into line with the inner edge of the cover 6; and it is also evident as indicated in broken lines fin Fig. 3 that the base for a lat bottomed pipe might be inthe form of an arm substantially like that shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

l therefore do not wish to be understood aslimiting my invention to the particular forni of cover. cover to be swung entirely away from the opening in the bowl of the pipe as shown in Fie. 2 of the drawings, so that the pipe may be filled or emptied' without obstruction. These covers are readily applied to pipes and perform the function of usual forms of pipe covers. Preferably the surface-of the cover around the: perforations will be roughened to provide a surface tory striking matches but it is evident that the roughenedv surface might be formed on the bas-e.

l. ln a tobacco pipe, theI combination with the bowl thereof, of a cover pivotally connected ,with the upper end of the bowl, a strap extending downward. and beneath' the bowl and ivotally connected thereto- 2.. ln al aoco pipe, the. combinatiop This construction permits the tot with the bowl thereof, of connected with the upper end of the bowl, u strap extending downward and beneath the bowl and pivotally connected thereto, a,

portion of the cover formed with a rougheued surface.

Tn testimony whereof, I have Signed this a cover pivotally specieation in the presence of two subscriblng witnesses.

JOHN DONNELLY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. HOODLEY, ELLEN M. PALMER. 

